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I apparently can't get used to Indiana weather. Even after living here for nine year, it still amazes me how it can go from 50 degrees one day to 32 degrees the next. When I woke up this morning I just expected it to be another fairly nice day, before I even stepped out of my room I heard one of my roommates say, "It's snowing?!?" I then immediately knew that my day was going to be a tough one. Now I do love waking up to a fresh, untouched blanket of snow on the ground, as long as I don't have to go outside.
Walking across campus to get to and from classes everyday isn't a big deal, but add snowy and windy weather and it becomes torture. Especially when campus wasn't quite prepared and didn't have salted sidewalks, or streets. Although I do appreciate it when they do salt and shovel the sidewalks would it kill them to shovel them completely? Some people don't understand that a sidewalk isn't just for them, nobody really likes walking in the snow.
In other words, if I could ask the school to do something to make this campus a better place to be, besides providing well kept classrooms with up to date technology for optimal learning, it would have to be clearing the sidewalks completely. So it makes walking to class a little easier, and less stressful in the winter time.
I feel that I have always had an obsession with older buildings, I love the way they look and how much detail was put into the inside and outside architecture and decor. You don't really see that in buildings that are built today. The detail put into a building really gives it its character, it almost brings the building to life. And I think that an older building that has been well maintained or restored and is still used today, almost allows you to step back in time when you step through the doors.
I have only been to the Indiana Theater once, but the minute I walked through the doors, I felt like I was stepping back in time and almost a little under-dressed for the occasion. I would love to go back soon, and ask to see if I can take some picture of the inside. This place is amazing in my eyes, and I think you will see what I am talking about if you were to go see a movie there. In visiting the building again I plan on learning more about its history. When that happens, I will post another blog and tell you all about it.
I am not going to lie. When I first starting telling people that I was going to school down here in Terre Haute, I wasn't all that proud. It wasn't so much the fact that it was Indiana State University, it was more because of the city itself.
My Junior and Senior year of high school I spent some time looking at where I was going to go to college. ISU was one of my top options because of it's Criminology and Criminal Justice program, but I wasn't so sure about moving to Terre Haute. Some of my friends at school called it the "Dirty Haute", warning me of the smell and the kind of people that live here. After living here for about three years, I haven't really got the "Dirty Haute" vibe.
Now I will say, I don't feel comfortable walking around Terre Haute by myself, but then again who is. I do get a whiff of a sewer smell every once in awhile, but it's bearable. I am very interested in learning more about the history of Terre Haute, and comparing and sharing what it has become today.
I know there is a place in my profile for some basic information about me, but I'm anything but basic. I was born in Peoria, Illinois and moved to Kentucky when I was 4 years old. Started school there and made it all the way to the third grade before my dad took a new and better job in Arizona. I was only in Arizona for 2 years, but in those 2 years I learned a great deal of it's history. Then we moved for the third and final time (I hope) to Indianapolis, Indiana. I completed 5th through 12th grade in Lawrence Township. Since living here in Indiana I honestly haven't learned much about it's history.
I never really have been interested in learning about a places history. Well at least not learning about it on my own and through my own research. But after enrolling into my English class this semester, I have become more interested in learning the history of the place I call a temporary home, and even the place I call home. I have started this blog because it is part of my English 305 assignments. I attend Indiana State University in Terre Haute, I am majoring in Criminology and Criminal Justice and Minoring in Psychology. In my blogs I will be talking about my temporary home, Terre Haute, and it's history as well as what has changed about it today.
